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As you start on a new goal, you make very little progress in the beginning.
You are at the lower left of the 'S'
You need to get to the middle of the curve where the line is more vertical.
Then you hit the law of diminishing returns, where more effort brings little gains (upper right of the curve).
Dont half ass the beginning of the goal. Most likely there will be a few weeks of half hearted effort and the project will be dropped because it did not seem to make any difference anyway.
Instead put in a large effort in the beginning and keep going until returns are linear (in the middle). Keep going as long as you see linear growth.
When this growth starts tapering off it is time to set different (not larger) goals rather than keep racing for very little returns.
As you start on a new goal, you make very little progress in the beginning.
You are at the lower left of the 'S'
You need to get to the middle of the curve where the line is more vertical.
Then you hit the law of diminishing returns, where more effort brings little gains (upper right of the curve).
Dont half ass the beginning of the goal. Most likely there will be a few weeks of half hearted effort and the project will be dropped because it did not seem to make any difference anyway.
Instead put in a large effort in the beginning and keep going until returns are linear (in the middle). Keep going as long as you see linear growth.
When this growth starts tapering off it is time to set different (not larger) goals rather than keep racing for very little returns.
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